Comments on: Trash with Bash http://hash-bang.net/2009/03/trash-with-bash/ The start of all wonderful things Sun, 20 Nov 2011 20:29:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Linux Tips | İsmail SEZEN http://hash-bang.net/2009/03/trash-with-bash/comment-page-1/#comment-4780 Linux Tips | İsmail SEZEN Sun, 28 Aug 2011 02:16:26 +0000 http://hash-bang.net/?p=121#comment-4780 [...] the pseudo-code into your .bashrc file.[5] ?View Code BASH1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 function trash() { if [ -d [...] [...] the pseudo-code into your .bashrc file.[5] ?View Code BASH1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 function trash() { if [ -d [...]

]]> By: dragonauta http://hash-bang.net/2009/03/trash-with-bash/comment-page-1/#comment-2378 dragonauta Fri, 16 Oct 2009 12:56:48 +0000 http://hash-bang.net/?p=121#comment-2378 <blockquote cite="#commentbody-2351"> <strong><a href="#comment-2351" rel="nofollow">mc</a> :</strong> Oddly Alias based commands do not use aliases themselves. So the rm used in the ‘emptytrash’ is actually the real one. </blockquote> Wow, I didn't know that... Thanks! @anonymous: thanks you too for that tip.

mc :
Oddly Alias based commands do not use aliases themselves.
So the rm used in the ‘emptytrash’ is actually the real one.

Wow, I didn’t know that… Thanks!

@anonymous: thanks you too for that tip.

]]> By: mc http://hash-bang.net/2009/03/trash-with-bash/comment-page-1/#comment-2351 mc Thu, 08 Oct 2009 03:42:26 +0000 http://hash-bang.net/?p=121#comment-2351 Oddly Alias based commands do not use aliases themselves. So the rm used in the 'emptytrash' is actually the real one. Oddly Alias based commands do not use aliases themselves.

So the rm used in the ‘emptytrash’ is actually the real one.

]]> By: Anonymous http://hash-bang.net/2009/03/trash-with-bash/comment-page-1/#comment-2348 Anonymous Wed, 07 Oct 2009 15:43:02 +0000 http://hash-bang.net/?p=121#comment-2348 Why don't you simply use: gvfs-trash another-useless-file It will move file to gnome's trash. The command is long? alias it to something short like "trash" Why don’t you simply use:

gvfs-trash another-useless-file

It will move file to gnome’s trash. The command is long? alias it to something short like “trash”

]]> By: dragonauta http://hash-bang.net/2009/03/trash-with-bash/comment-page-1/#comment-2347 dragonauta Wed, 07 Oct 2009 14:37:53 +0000 http://hash-bang.net/?p=121#comment-2347 Hi, I didn't try your script yet, but looks like you have a loop If I'm right, if you use rm in your function you'll have an endless loop because the alias "rm=trash" the line rm -r "$HOME/.trashcan/$1" should be rm! "$HOME/.trashcan/$1" because you second alias 'rm!=/bin/rm -r' Hi, I didn’t try your script yet, but looks like you have a loop

If I’m right,
if you use rm in your function you’ll have an endless loop because the alias “rm=trash”

the line rm -r “$HOME/.trashcan/$1″ should be rm! “$HOME/.trashcan/$1″
because you second alias ‘rm!=/bin/rm -r’

]]> By: mc http://hash-bang.net/2009/03/trash-with-bash/comment-page-1/#comment-2257 mc Sat, 05 Sep 2009 05:39:12 +0000 http://hash-bang.net/?p=121#comment-2257 Yup, indeed you are correct that there is a project hosted now that replicates this functionality (using the main trashcan to boot). <a href="http://code.google.com/p/trash-cli/" rel="nofollow">Trash-cli</a> was released <em>after</em> this quick bash script was written. I still prefer the above mainly because: 1) you don't have to install a package (making it portable within the .bashrc file) and 2) Personally I never use the FreeDesktop / Gnome trash-can anyway. Personal preferences rule and all. You are correct that a backslash before any command instructs bash to use the regular command (not an alias), I neglected to mention this in the above article. I much prefer the alarming exclamation mark though to mentally add a 'are you sure you want to do this' stage. Again, merely a personal preference. Yup, indeed you are correct that there is a project hosted now that replicates this functionality (using the main trashcan to boot). Trash-cli was released after this quick bash script was written.

I still prefer the above mainly because: 1) you don’t have to install a package (making it portable within the .bashrc file) and 2) Personally I never use the FreeDesktop / Gnome trash-can anyway. Personal preferences rule and all.

You are correct that a backslash before any command instructs bash to use the regular command (not an alias), I neglected to mention this in the above article. I much prefer the alarming exclamation mark though to mentally add a ‘are you sure you want to do this’ stage. Again, merely a personal preference.

]]> By: AprilCoolsDay http://hash-bang.net/2009/03/trash-with-bash/comment-page-1/#comment-2250 AprilCoolsDay Thu, 03 Sep 2009 13:38:03 +0000 http://hash-bang.net/?p=121#comment-2250 Maybe you could use trash-cli. You don't have to have an alias for the original rm. \rm would do the same thing as the original rm. Maybe you could use trash-cli.

You don’t have to have an alias for the original rm. \rm would do the same thing as the original rm.

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